page_title: Bucknell, Shropshire
section_title: The school
hierarchical_section_title: Bucknell, Shropshire / The school
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside St Mary's parish church, Bucknell, Shropshire, lookign east to the chancel
context_page_description: Bucknell is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The village lies on the River Redlake, within 660 yards of the River Teme and close to the border of Wales and Herefordshire. It is about 6 miles east of Knighton and is set within the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  The name is derived from Old English and means 'Bucca's hill' or 'he-goats' hill'.
  The village has the "P"s identified by Country Life as essential to a successful village: a pub, a post office, a place of worship, a primary school and public transport.
context_section_description: The Old School House was built in the 16th century, this part being the part of the building next to the river to provide education for those who could pay for it. The school remained until the present one was built in 1865. The Old School House then became a shop and bakers before becoming a private dwelling. The front part of the building pre-dates the rear by around 200 years making it 13th/14th century and whilst being restored was found to have once existed as a ground floor-only property and evidence of an open fire pit and an opening in the roof to allow the smoke to escape; this pre-dates the inglenook fireplace to the rear and was believed to have been a medieval great hall.  Restoration was completed in 1999.
  The land upon which the present school was built was given in 1865. The first schoolmaster appointed in 1867 to the new St Mary's National School was Mr Henry Evans, 24 years old. The school was extensively re-modelled in 1966 when additional teaching space and a kitchen was added enabling meals to be cooked on the premises. St Mary's school is a maintained Church of England primary school with 43 pupils on roll at January 2004. The age range is 4–11 years.
  An independent school, Bedstone College, is also nearby.
caption: Bucknell church c.1910s
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